Key result
Most football players perceive their injury risk as high and recognize the importance of prevention strategies like warm-ups and workload monitoring, yet often lack the intention to implement them.
Why the study?
Football carries a risk of injury with short- and long-term health consequences, but the perception of players regarding injury risk and prevention strategies is poorly documented.
Population
Football players from any competitive level across 14 included studies
Design
Systematic review
Authors
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Education alone insufficient to boost prevention uptake; extends need for behavior-change trials in football.
Systematic Review
Football players perceive their injury risk as high and recognize the importance of prevention strategies, yet often lack the intention to implement them, highlighting a gap between knowledge and practice.
Cardoso-Marinho et al. (2022) conducted a systematic review in Perception of injury risk and prevention. Perceptions of injury risk and prevention was evaluated on Perceived injury risk factors and prevention factors. Most football players perceive their injury risk as high and recognize the importance of prevention strategies like warm-ups and workload monitoring, yet often lack the intention to implement them.
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